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From: andrew@stc.UUCP (Andrew Macpherson)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: cleaning up the net -- software solutions proposed
Message-ID: <478@stc-b.stc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 08:19:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: stc-b.478
Posted: Mon Jul 22 08:19:48 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jul-85 04:08:44 EDT
References: <2961@nsc.UUCP> <982@sdcsvax.UUCP> <163@plx.UUCP>
Reply-To: andrew@stc.UUCP (Andrew Macpherson)
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In article <163@plx.UUCP> adams@plx.UUCP (Robert Adams) writes:
>"Disclaimer:" line added to the header that can be site dependantly
>added (we get some lawyer to write the standard one line disclaimer)
>so it would appear in all messages from that site.  Then add

	Marvelous!  I thought it was assumed that all opinions
	expressed on the net were personal unless specifically
	stated otherwise.  I shall continue to do so until this
	is implemented in any news software release.

>a "USPOST" environment variable that give the US posting address
>that will be included in the "USPost:" header line.  With these,

	Now come on chaps!  this is an *international* net
	(be it noted that GB/UK is not a state of any North American
	ex-colony :-).  That's what >>Organisation<< does for you, any
	mail addressed to me @ the above Organisation (or even 
	OrganiZation since someone over THERE might just read this :-)
	will eventually wend it's way to my desk.

>   The direction of all this is that most of what appears in the
>signature lines is already in the header.

	I can agree with this bit, but please there is adequate
	information in >>straight<< headers to cover the need
	without adding more.

>...  If we add a few more
>header lines, we could build a signature that would please most
>people.

	Let's not.
-- 
Regards,
	Andrew Macpherson.	<andrew@stc.UUCP>
	{creed, datlog, idec, iclbra, root44, stl, ukc}!stc!andrew